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Industry Connections

The MS in Business Analytics program is supported by an extensive advisory board made up of key executives from top companies in a variety of industries.  Their participation aligns curriculum development with industry needs in this rapidly evolving field of data analytics. The advisory board members, along with other key partners, mentor our students, and provide real data for collaborative industry projects.  

Business Analytics Advisory Board (updated 10/3/25)

Member Company Position
Rex Briggs     Claritas     Chief AI Officer, Author
David Broscow     Vestcom     Group Director, Data Strategy & Insights
Rich Clayton     Oracle     Vice President, Business Analytics
Brennan Davis     Cal Poly, Orfalea College of Business Professor & Academic Director, MSBA
Damon Fleming     Cal Poly, Orfalea College of Business Dean
John Frith     Urban Science     Vice President, Applied Methods
Manisha Gupta     Oracle     Vice President, AI/ML Analytics on People Intelligence
Nooshin Hashemi     VideoAmp Senior Product Manager
Alison Hu     Acorns Assistant Vice President, Mobility Business Analytics
Blake Irvine     Netflix     Director, Data Science & Engineering
Izzy Kamrath     AT&T     Principal Business Analyst
Kelli Law     Cognitive Insights Consulting Chief Data Officer, Vice President AI
Greg Leonard     Golden 1 Credit Union Vice President, Consumer Lending Analytics & Risk
Kevin Louther     Adobe     Product Analytics & Data Strategy, Gen AI Products
Juliana Ottoboni     Samsara Senior Manager, Analytics
Shalmali Patil     Amazon Web Services (AWS) AWS Finance Analytics and Science Team BI Engineer
Bill Radding     Coca Cola Head of Category Insights
Mike Sallander Electronic Arts (EA)     Vice President, Corporate Controller
Girish Sharma     Amplytics     Founder & Managing Principal
Ajinkya Sirsikar     Amazon Web Services (AWS) Senior Analytics Engineer
Leslie Su     Google     Head of Measurement & Analytics, Education & Careers
Nate Veldkamp     10x Genomics     Senior Director, Finance & Business Operations
Abe Weston     Google     Staff Engineering Analyst, Trust & Safety
Eric Wingate     Apple     Finance Analytics Manager
 

To learn more about how industry informed the development of the program, you may view this Question & Answer excerpt from our 2015 webinar, featuring advisory board members Rich Clayton, Executive VP Business Analytics at Oracle, and Joshua Knox, Engineering Program Manager at Google.